In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the ability to effectively manage change is crucial for organizational success. Trending change management speakers are at the forefront of this discipline, offering innovative insights and strategies to help companies navigate transitions smoothly. These thought leaders blend academic expertise with real-world experience, providing practical advice on how to foster a culture of adaptability, resilience, and continuous improvement. Their compelling presentations inspire leaders and teams to embrace change, driving sustainable growth and transformation in an ever-changing world.
Luana Marques: Global Speaker, Author, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Past President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Radiating an energetic blend of personal charisma and scholarly depth, Dr. Luana has emerged as a powerful force in the global speaking circuit. She is known for her captivating presence and dynamic storytelling that weaves together the threads of her personal journey and professional expertise to inspire transformation in her audiences. Dr. Luana’s personal story of overcoming adversity, trauma, and poverty while growing up in Brazil provides authenticity and depth to her message. Today, as an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Past President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and best-seller author, Dr. Luana is a paragon of resilience, determination, and boldness.
Shola Richards: Workplace Civility Activist, Best-Selling Author & Founder of The Positivity Solution
Shola Richards is the CEO and Founder of Go Together Global™.’, the best-selling author of Making Work Work, and Go Together, and he is a positivity writer with a passionate worldwide following. His articles and wildly-popular “Go Together Movement” email series have been read by readers in over 160 countries, and his work has been featured on the Today Show, CBS This Morning, Forbes, Black Enterprise, Complete Wellbeing India, Business Insider Australia, and in numerous other outlets all over the world who recognize him as an authority on workplace happiness and engagement.
Heather McGowan: Future of Work Strategist, 2017 Global LinkedIn Top Voice for Education
Future-of-work strategist Heather E. McGowan helps leaders prepare their people and organizations for the post-pandemic world. As a keynote speaker, Heather gives lucidity to complex topics through her research rich, graphic frameworks, and powerful metaphors. In 2017, LinkedIn ranked her as its #1 global voice for education, and in 2020 McGowan was listed as one of the Top 50 Female Futurists in Forbes. NYT columnist Thomas Friedman describes her as “the oasis” when it comes to insights into the future of work. McGowan is the coauthor of The Adaptation Advantage (April 2020) and The Empathy Advantage (March 2023).
Dan Heath: Innovative Business Thought Leader and New York Times Best-Selling Author
Known for combining an entertaining style with practical insights, Dan Heath weaves together research-based tools, fascinating stories, and a liberal dose of humor. Dan recently released Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen (March 2020), which explores a vital question: Why are we so often trapped in a cycle of reaction—putting out fires, responding to emergencies—when the problems we’re reacting to could have been prevented? Upstream studies leaders who have escaped this cycle and triumphed in preventing major problems: Customer churn. Homelessness. Chronic disease. Dropouts. The book reveals the approaches used by these leaders to overcome problems that were thought intractable.
Joshua Evans: Chief Enthusiasm Officer
Joshua M. Evans is a pretty wild character. He’s a Keynote Speaker, TEDx programmer, best-selling author, adventure seeker, former white water rafting guide and corporate executive, father of 3, and all-around awesome guy.
Starting out in the corporate world, Joshua has spent over 15 years studying human behavior in the workplace. After Joshua’s first book, Enthusiastic You! Became a #1 best seller, he began his journey to fundamentally shift how people view purpose in their work.
Mike Staver: Leadership and Culture Expert and Architect of Training Magazine’s #1 Training Program in the World
Mike Staver is the author of “Leadership Isn’t for Cowards” and an internationally respected speaker, author, and coach. Mike takes noisy, often complex, leadership content and makes it immediately useful, digestible, and entertaining. In all Mike’s work, the goal is simple – helping leaders perform better and live better lives. To accomplish this, Mike uses counterintuitive perspectives, a storytelling style, and entertaining delivery that makes the often-challenging realities of work and life easier to absorb and put into practice.
Barb Stegemann: Keynote Speaker: Social Entrepreneur Expert, CEO & Founder of 7 Virtues, Social Advocate
Barb Stegemann’s entrepreneurial vision was formed after her best friend a soldier-was severely wounded in Afghanistan. Understanding that supporting Afghanistan’s economy was key to building stability for its people, Stegemann created The 7 Virtues, a company that sources organic, fair-trade essential oils from countries experiencing turmoil (such as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Middle East and Rwanda).
Frankie Russo: 8X Inc. 500 Founder, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, Top 50 Global Thought Leaders in Growth, Former Fortune 500 Chief Innovation Officer
Frankie Russo is a visionary in authenticity, imagination, and growth. An entrepreneur with a proven track record for using innovative methods to unlock rapid growth. Russo has led multiple companies to remarkable growth landing on the Inc. 500/5000 list 8 years in a row, including 60X growth in three years of his tech company 360ia, leading to an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company.
Dr. Jessica Kriegel: Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture at Culture Partners
Dr. Jessica Kriegel is the Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture for Culture Partners, leading research and strategy in best practices for driving results through culture. Her doctoral research and practical application through consulting engagements with Oracle, Toyota, Lockheed Martin, and Bank of America to name a few, led to the Culture Equation – a tested model where strategy combined with culture to deliver consistent results. Today, Jessica applies data-driven insights to dismantle the chaos of poor morale, low performance, and missed financial goals. She is an author, Fortune 100 Thought Leader and international keynote speaker as well as a frequent contributor on Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Terence Mauri: Futurist, Leadership Speaker & Bestselling Author
Terence Mauri is a futurist, leadership speaker, the Founder of Hack Future Lab (a global think tank), and Author of the Global Bestseller, The 3D Leader: Take Your Leadership to the Next Dimension (described by Forbes as a “game changer”). His strategies, focused on how leaders and organizations can find their next cutting edge, have been published in The Economist, Forbes, Reuters, HuffPost, and Wired and he has delivered keynotes for clients including Visa, Facebook, VMware, Capital One HSBC, and countless others who are looking for strategies to unleash a bold future NOW. Terence Mauri has been described as “An outspoken and influential expert on the future of leadership” by Thinkers50, a global authority of top business thinkers in the world.
Afdhel Aziz: Marketer & Author
Afdhel Aziz is one of the most inspiring leaders in the global movement of business as a force for good. After a 20-year career as a global marketer at Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Heineken, and Absolut Vodka, Aziz is now the Founder and Chief Purpose Officer at Conspiracy of Love, a B Corp-certified global purpose consultancy that helps Fortune 500 companies like Adidas, Red Bull, Facebook, Microsoft, Mondelez, AB Inbev, Diageo and Mars use culture and technology as a force for good.
Ashley Davis: Dynamic Business Leader, Highly Sought-After Speaker
Strategic advisor, thought leader, internationally renowned keynote speaker, Ashley Davis is highly sought after for her insight and expertise to politics, business, national security, the future of leadership and her Power Pivot Framework.
Daniel Levine: Keynote Speaker: Leading Expert on Consumer Trends
Daniel Levine is a leading expert on consumer trends, celebrated keynote speaker, and as Executive Director of the Avant-Guide Institute.
Levine uses the knowledge of consumer marketing, tourism and global cultural trends to help destinations, brands, and businesses to be more relevant, innovative and profitable.
He has presented to major businesses and conferences worldwide and is the author of over 20 bestselling books. Levine also frequently makes television appearances — including BBC, NBC, Fox and many others, and he is a regular consumer trends expert guest on international radio.
Jonathan Brill: Business Futurist, AI Inventor, HP Global Futurist, Author, Architect Your Future® with Forbes’ #1 futurist and HBR’s “foremost transformation architect”
Jonathan Brill is Forbes’ #1 futurist and “the world’s leading transformation architect”, according to HBR. Inc. called him a “Silicon Valley Legend” for his work as the global futurist at HP, as an inventor of AI and Metaverse technologies, and as an advisor to the Secret Service.
Kaihan Krippendorff: Top Business Strategy, Growth, & Transformation Keynote Speaker
Kaihan Krippendorff has made a commitment to helping organizations and individuals thrive in today’s era of fast-paced disruptive technological change. He is a top strategy and innovation expert (both academically and as a practictioner), an author of 5 best selling books, a Thinkers50 recognized thinker, and the founder of Outthinker – a strategy and innovation consulting firm that has generated $2.5B in new revenue for mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies.
Andrea Hollingsworth: Author, Keynote, Therapist, Global Expert on Compassionate Leadership & Radical Self-Compassion
Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth is an acclaimed keynote speaker, prolific author, and seasoned psychotherapist who’s spent decades studying the transformative power of compassion and self-compassion. She has taught at prestigious institutions like Princeton, Boston University, and Loyola University Chicago, and has delivered talks to audiences around the world. Dr. Andrea’s new book—The Compassion Advantage: How Top Leaders Build More Humanizing Workplaces—will be published in August, 2024.
